Jennifer Moore 😷Apr 3

#AskFedi: Is there a calendar which can run locally on a Linux laptop, which

• when given permission, can view events from a Google Calendar account

• without reciprocally showing Google the rest of what's in my schedule?

I'm not sure if that's a thing!

Asking because I currently have a work role where Google Calendar is the chosen one, and I don't like the idea of telling Google my personal business (more than it already knows), but sometimes it would be useful to see all of it together.

Bonus points if it lets you select event colours from a colour picker. I do like a nice colour code :-)

#Linux #calendars #CalendarSoftware #privacy

Show threadMarjorieR

@unchartedworlds sorry a bit late in replying: I didn't have my Linux PC to hand yesterday to check the details.

I use Evolution, which is an alternative to Thunderbird as a mail client.
But it also includes a calendar and a contacts list, which can be synced to Google. And it also has Tasks and Memos if those are your thing.
You can also sync entries in family and friends google calendars if both you and they want to share. And I also have birthdays and (UK) holidays.
And you can also create 'personal' calendar and contacts entries that are not synced.
Personal, your google and your friends google, etc. would all be coloured separately
There are various views (day,work week, week, month, annual, list) but not anything that would usefully printable.

I hate having to use Google but as I want to share my calendar and contact with my android devices that is what I largely use.

Apr 4 at 1:34pmWeb